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Can Microsoft Beat Google?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the they-beat-netscape-apple-and-ibm dept.

An anonymous reader writes "With all the hype surrounding the recent release of MSN Search, are the search engine wars heating up? There's an interesting article that states, "As the veteran Microsoft enters the already flooded search engine industry, and Google still being fresh and refreshing to most people, it begs the question: can the old supplant the new?""

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  1. According to Googlefight ..... by Alranor · · Score: 3, Funny

    google
    (156 000 000 results)

    versus

    microsoft
    (188 000 000 results)

    The winner is: microsoft

    Damn! I guess they can...

    1. Re:According to Googlefight ..... by JeffWhitledge · · Score: 1, Funny

      google (156 000 000 results) versus microsoft (188 000 000 results) The winner is: microsoft.

      I normally only use the first eighty million results on any given search, so really it's the quality of the hits that matter.

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  2. it begs the question by Threni · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, it raises the question.

  3. Re:Well by rrhal · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well to beat google M$ would have to leverage its monopoly on the desk top to gain a competitive advantage. They wouldn't do that; that's illegal.

    Google is the next Alta Vista.

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    All generalizations are false, including this one. Mark Twain
  4. Re:Too Late by UnknowingFool · · Score: 3, Funny
    People will never say, "don't ask me, Microsoft it."

    You may be right. Since most geeks are guys, they'll never use the terms "micro" and "soft" and "it" in the same sentence. Too much ego.

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  5. Re:Too Late by Antonymous+Flower · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft v. - to acquire with monopolistic intent SYNONYM: assimilate

  6. And by Safety+Cap · · Score: 4, Funny
    Like how Microsoft beat the hell out of Apple in the portable music player market.

    WMP r00lz, AAC teh suck!

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    Yeah, right.
  7. er... by keiferb · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is a trick question, right?

  8. the way MS can beat google by musikit · · Score: 2, Funny

    HANDLE ResolveAddress(LPSTR lpstrAddress)
    {
    if( strcmp(lpstrAddress,"www.google.com") == 0)
    {
    strcpy(lpstrAddress,"www.msn.com");
    }
    return ResolveToIPAddress(lpstrAddress);
    }

  9. Neat google trick... by shird · · Score: 5, Funny

    Go to Google Suggest and type the words "msn search" in the search box and nothing more...

    Take a look at the bottom suggestion....

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  10. Absolutely not... by Imposter_of_myself · · Score: 2, Funny

    Imposter says MS can't beat Google (as he types at his Commodore 64, looks at his spiffy Edsel and drinks his Moxie). Imposter chimes, "Google has the headstart. No one can catch up."

  11. MSFT has the staying power by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    GOOG is worth billions. On paper.

    MSFT is worth billions. On paper. And in real hard assets (and not just code).

    Google went from a gnat to a housefly, and now it's approaching horsefly status. MSFT is the cow, and the tail can swish unexpectedly at any time, leaving you dumbfounded in the manure.

  12. Re:Of course by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Dude, are you being sarcastic?"
    "I don't even know any more!"

  13. "Microsoft" is already a verb by artemis67 · · Score: 5, Funny

    First Guy: "Dood, what happened to your server?"
    Second Guy: "Oh, that. It Microsofted last night."

    First Guy: "Hey, I thought you said your files were secure!"
    Second Guy: "Well, somebody Microsofted me over the internet."

    First Guy: "You look awful! What the hell happened?"
    Second Guy: "I was walking down this dark alley and a couple of punks Microsofted me."

  14. Ugh. by i41Overlord · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hello passengers- we've reached our cruising altitude of 35,000 feet. I am going to switch the seat belt sign off in a moment so feel free to stretch and move about the cabin. Those of you on the right can look out the windows and see the Grand Canyon, while those of you on the left can look up and see the OP's comments, passing harmlessly above the heads of the unsuspecting.

  15. Re:Drawing Parallels by Everleet · · Score: 2, Funny
    The user interface for search is a text box with a submit button. Google did not invent it, and Google cannot lay claim to having "innovated it."

    Aha! But Google has two submit buttons!

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    It's tragic. Laugh.
  16. Re:Of course by flyingsquid · · Score: 2, Funny
    It kinda loses a little impact when you gotta explain the sarcasm.

    Oh, no, it really doesn't lose any impact at allwhen you have to explain the sarcasm.

    [OK, you see, I actually mean "it does lose impact" but, instead I say "it doesn't lose impact" and the contradiction between what I actually say and what I mean is sarcasm. Oh, never mind...]